INFO NEEDED in ID of MAGS

10-29-2001, 08:49 AM

The E/6 on the bottom of the spine of your mag, incicates an inspector at the Simson factory between WW1 & 2. The correct bottom should also be E/6 marked. I find the the easiest way to identify the production period of mag tubes is by the finish. From 1900 until about 1916 DWM used a cadium plating which turns yellow with age. During WW1 they switched to tin plating, which I assume was faster & cheaper, but has a tendency to flake off with use. When Mauser took over in 1930 they went with the shinyer Nickel (or Chrome, I'm not sure) plating, until about 1937 when the tubes were blued. Tom h

10-29-2001, 08:49 AM	#2
tom h Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Mag Info The E/6 on the bottom of the spine of your mag, incicates an inspector at the Simson factory between WW1 & 2. The correct bottom should also be E/6 marked. I find the the easiest way to identify the production period of mag tubes is by the finish. From 1900 until about 1916 DWM used a cadium plating which turns yellow with age. During WW1 they switched to tin plating, which I assume was faster & cheaper, but has a tendency to flake off with use. When Mauser took over in 1930 they went with the shinyer Nickel (or Chrome, I'm not sure) plating, until about 1937 when the tubes were blued. Tom h